As a water hunter we have a chance to come across many targets that will never be found on land. Things dropped off boats, Things dropped out of airplanes. Boats that sank. How many water hunters use machines that give them an overload signal and pass it up believing it is a can, or a large piece of trash.
Almost all Zippo lighters give an overload signal, so do large toys, boat anchors, guns and cell phones. I have even had huge gold rings give an overload signal.
Digging in the sand is easy. Sure you find lots of pull tabs, head stamps and bottle tops. I even get sick of digging some signals and pass them up. However, I know I will be back in the same spot and sooner or later I will get all of them. I hunt a beach I call bullet beach. Literally thousands upon thousands of 30 cal bullets and casings from Lewis machine guns are scattered all over in the water. Before it was a boaters beach, it was a practice range for Jenny bi-planes from before WW1. Not many folks hunt it because of all the bullets and casings. But, they hide treasure. A lot of persistence pays off.
Not many on here can say they found guns, bombs and machine gun magazines in the states. I might be the only metal detectorist that has ever recovered a drop tank to a P-51 Mustang, WW2 era.
Sure you will dig hundreds of pieces of trash for every good target. But the rewards are great for those that do not get discouraged and keep on trying.
Large targets can be more fun than a ring or a coin. Never knowing what your next target will be is half the fun, even if it is trash.
Almost all Zippo lighters give an overload signal, so do large toys, boat anchors, guns and cell phones. I have even had huge gold rings give an overload signal.
Digging in the sand is easy. Sure you find lots of pull tabs, head stamps and bottle tops. I even get sick of digging some signals and pass them up. However, I know I will be back in the same spot and sooner or later I will get all of them. I hunt a beach I call bullet beach. Literally thousands upon thousands of 30 cal bullets and casings from Lewis machine guns are scattered all over in the water. Before it was a boaters beach, it was a practice range for Jenny bi-planes from before WW1. Not many folks hunt it because of all the bullets and casings. But, they hide treasure. A lot of persistence pays off.
Not many on here can say they found guns, bombs and machine gun magazines in the states. I might be the only metal detectorist that has ever recovered a drop tank to a P-51 Mustang, WW2 era.
Sure you will dig hundreds of pieces of trash for every good target. But the rewards are great for those that do not get discouraged and keep on trying.
Large targets can be more fun than a ring or a coin. Never knowing what your next target will be is half the fun, even if it is trash.
